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I am currently a Senior at Clemson University and hopefully graduating in December. I am interning at Skirt! this summer, and trying not to die in the sweltering Columbia heat....

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The Joys of Being an English Major

Remember in High School, around June you would recieve a packet in the mail with a list of your Summer Reading list?  You would have a list of ten books, and out of those books, you would have to pick three to read and do a report on.  The overachiever kids would have these finished by the end of June, like good students.  Whereas, I would wait until the week before school started, also known as Pre-Season Sports Camp- another perk of Boarding School.  I can still remember several of the books I had to read over Summers past.  The Lord of the Flies- Loved it. The Secret Life of Bees- liked it.  The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy- eh, it was okay, apparently I’m not nerdy enough to understand half of the jokes. Beloved and The Bluest Eye- oh Toni Morrison, you are the bane of my existence.

When you graduate from High School, you think, “Finally, one summer without any required reading whatsoever! YAY!”  Well, for the most part, you are right, if you are an accounting major, biology major, or computer science major.  However, if you are one of the cool kids who are English Majors, the Summer Reading List does not die with High School.  No, it continues to haunt you until you graduate. 

As for my personal summer reading list, I recieved mine via email from one of my professors this week.  For my Senior Seminar, I am taking a class on the “Globalization of the South”*.  For this class, I have to have read Edward Said’sOrientalism and Warren Zanes’Dusty in Memphis**.  Jealous? Yeah, I didn’t think so.  Oh, the joys of being an English Major!

-Meg

*Yeah, I’m not too sure what I’m going to learn about, either. But it is taught by my favorite professor, so it should be pretty interesting.

** If anyone has read either of these and would like to give the Cliff’s Notes version of what they are about, I’d greatly appreciate it.